Searching for new leadership
First scenario: the stimulus plans work quickly and the world economy recovers by the end of 2009. Second scenario: the stimulus plans do not work and the economy falls into a serious depression until the end of 2010. Third scenario: economic nationalism and trade wars return. Fourth scenario: the global recession lasts an entire decade.
5,200 people were murdered in 2008
How to avoid making the mistake the Soviet Union did
Understand why the war in Afghanistan could turn into an authentic nightmare for Barack Obama, unless he gets commitments from regional powers like Iran, Pakistan and India, aside from Russia, China and the EU.
Without leadership, multilateralism rhetoric goes nowhere
From the latest independent reports regarding human rights emerge the cases of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with a serious failure to ensure them, and Spain (like other liberal democracies) with specific cases of failure to ensure them.
The country shifts to the right and enters the pragmatic era
With elections looming, Hamas’ rockets spur an unstable coalition into action
The Arab-Israeli conflict, Iran and the rise of Lieberman necessitate reform
The United States starts to bring back social discourse
The World Bank is on trial as frightened investors flee the country
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Why the war between the drug cartels themselves has broken out in Mexico. The opium coming from Afghanistan. The corruption of the police and the legal system. The lack of action by the United States. The express kidnappings. Felipe Calderón and his war against organized crime.
Israel’s transformation from the age of idealism to the current pragmatic era helps explain the acceptance of Avigdor Lieberman as a legitimate politician. Read on to understand how this transformation occurred, and learn how this will affect the Arab-Israeli peace process.
The security threat posed by Hamas forced the incumbent Israeli government into military action, in order to keep face on the eve of the elections. Understand why.
One thing is clear: Israel can’t afford to be plagued by the indecision that comes with unstable coalition governments. The system will be reformed sooner than might be expected.
It is impossible to understand or act on the intense collapse of the American and global economy without taking the ethical failures into consideration.
A recent World Bank report accuses many high-ranking officials in the Philippines of collusion. The government’s response demonstrates how everyone gets away with corruption in the country. Could this be at the root of the country’s competitiveness?
